State of Florida
Department of Environmental Protection
Notice of Draft Permit
The Department of Environmental Protection hereby provides notice that it has prepared a draft permit for the proposed project as detailed in the application, subject to the conditions specified in the draft permit and summarized below. The applicant, Pinellas County Utilities, Jeremy Waugh, Director Utilities Department, 14 South Fort Harrison Avenue, Clearwater, Florida 33756 applied on Jun 15, 2026, for a Class I injection well construct and operationally test permit. The project is located at W.E. Dunn Water Reclamation Facility, 4111 Dunn Road, Palm Harbor, Florida 34683, in Pinellas County (File 0385699-003-UC/1M, WACS ID 106486).
The permittee will construct and operationally test one non-hazardous Class I injection well IW-1 (EW-1) and associated monitor well SLMW-1. Injection well IW-1 will dispose of domestic wastewater meeting high level disinfection from the W.E. Dunn Water Reclamation Facility. The proposed maximum injection rate of 8,840 gallons per minute and a maximum volume of 12.73 million gallons per day. Injection well IW-1 is constructed with a 20-inch diameter final casing set to a depth of 500 feet below land surface (bls). The total depth of IW-1 is 1,108 feet bls. The injection zone is completed in the Avon Park Formation and is considered a G-IV aquifer defined in Rule 62-520.410 F.A.C. Monitor well SLMW-1 is constructed in the Upper Floridan aquifer with the open hole interval from 220 to 270 feet bls.
The Department has permitting jurisdiction under Chapter 403 of the Florida Statutes and the rules adopted thereunder. The project is not exempt from permitting procedures. The Department has determined that an Underground Injection Control permit is required for the proposed work.
Any interested person may submit written comments on the draft permit and may request a public meeting within 30 days after publication of this public notice. A request for a public meeting shall be submitted in writing and shall state the nature of the issues proposed to be raised in the meeting. If a public meeting is later scheduled, there will be another 30-day notice period for that meeting. Written comments or a public meeting request shall be submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection, Aquifer Protection Program, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 3530, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400, which is the office processing this permit application. All comments received within the 30-day period will be considered in formulation of the Department’s final decision regarding permit issuance.
The files associated with this order are available for public inspection during normal business hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except state holidays, at the Department of Environmental Protection, Southwest District, and at the Department of Environmental Protection, Aquifer Protection Program office in Tallahassee. Any additional information concerning this project may be obtained by contacting Daniel Warmke, Professional Geologist at 813-470-5741.
August 16, 2026 99907